Trust ITT and ECT Lead (with responsibility for CPD in Eden Park High School)

Education for the 21st Century is a values-led organisation, driven by a determination to create welcoming and open schools for the local community, where every person thrives, makes excellent progress, and succeeds. We are committed to improving outcomes and transforming lives, realising social mobility, and the transformative power of education. We value the difference in all of our schools while seeking to bring them together around a framework that delivers an enriching experience and a great education for the young people within our care. 

We want the very best for all of our young people. Our plan to ensure that we deliver great schools is underpinned by our shared values of trust, kindness, and endeavour. Our schools and our staff are collaborative, and we seek to create consistency and quality throughout.  

Our leaders create improvement in schools that is robust and sustainable. We are as enthusiastic about developing and nurturing our staff, as we are about developing our young people. Our professional development programs and our approach to school improvement provide quality and rigor while creating a depth of experience and learning for our staff. 

In joining the family of schools within E21C you will gain access to an unparalleled level of support and development in a forward-thinking school and trust.   

Information about role

We are recruiting for a Trust ITT and ECT Lead who will drive forward exciting developments within our Trust so that we become nationally recognised as an initial teacher training delivery partner and a place where early career teachers can thrive and develop. Working in collaboration with our two main partners, National Institute of Teaching (NIOT) and Teach First and alongside Professional Development Leads, Induction Tutors and mentors in school, you will ensure that the quality of our training and development for new teachers is first class.

This is a full-time role including teaching and leading CPD in a school – initially Eden Park High School. We anticipate the teaching and leading part of the role will be up to 0.6 within a school however this is dependent upon the number of trainees and could be subject to change. You must have experience in a leadership position either at a middle or senior level and have experienced delivering training and being a mentor for a trainee or early career teacher.

You will oversee and deliver the full training package for our SCITT trainees using Teach First materials. This will include 4 weeks of intensive training, half termly conferences and oversight of self-study. You will carry out development reviews for all ITT trainees and put in place support as necessary. In addition to this, you will oversee all ECTs across the Trust within both Primary and Secondary schools and will lead and manage our Secondary cluster of ECTs, delivering all of the local seminars (one per half term) using NIOT content. You will support schools in managing the ECF programme and completing reports, quality assuring to ensure they are of high standards. In the event of any concerns about any trainees, you will support schools in ensuring the appropriate support is put in place.

This role has key deliverables including the recruitment of an agreed number of trainees annually to our Teach First SCITT programme:

·         Delivery of a training and development programme including quality assurance and review

·         Design and deliver a marketing and recruitment Plan for the second year

·         15-20 trainees in the second year (September 2025 to August 2026)

·      Agreed numbers of trainees in the third year and beyond

 For more information, please contact Olivia Page, Director of Professional Development – Opage@e21c.co.uk  

 *We reserve the right to this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.